The Department also offers a 6-cr. Ph.D. Minor “Scientific Inquiry and Research Integrity”.

Graduates who complete the Minor will acquire a conceptual framework for reflecting on and understanding the methodological and ethical challenges of current scientific and medical research. The Minor extends the conception of science literacy from an understanding of scientific facts to a broader understanding of how science works, including an understanding of scientific rigor, the significance of replicability and replication, error, the possibilities and challenges involved in collaborative practices, and the role of values in science. Students will be acquainted with a broad set of ethical issues, including questions of authorship and publication ethics, expertise and the evidential basis for science policy decisions, and responsible communication both within science and beyond.

Use your Graduate Academic Bulletin

Students pursuing a graduate degree in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine should use the University Graduate School Academic Bulletin.

Official requirements for our Ph.D. degrees can be found by clicking on the Bulletin below:

History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine University Graduate School Academic Bulletin

Visit the Academic Bulletins website to find all IUB Bulletins. You must scroll to the bottom of the page for Graduate Bulletins.
 

The student will complete the following two courses:

HPSC-X 540 Scientific Methods: How Science Really Works

HPSC-X 511 Science, Values, and Objectivity.

 In consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine or the Minor representative, students may substitute either HPSC X 540 or X 511 (but not both) with one of the following courses: HPSC-X 507 Survey of History of Science since 1750 (3 cr.) or HPSC-X 551 Survey of the Philosophy of Science (3 cr.). Or, if appropriate, either HPSC X 540 or X 511 (but not both) may be substituted with an upper-level HPSC special topics course related to the student’s Major.

 Contact: Sandy Gliboff (sgliboff@iu.edu) or William Newman (wnewman@indiana.edu)